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Old 24th Feb 2005, 15:05
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Roland Pulfrew
 
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They are not (usually) allowed to conduct OCU trg - still a QFI domain
Sadly that is the bit that Beags and I were on about; FIs were doing "OCU" training. I agree that FIs on the Sqn may have some role to play AARI, IRE etc but NOT on the OCU where IMHO instruction should be given by someone with a Q tick. (I am not actually convinced that you need FIs at all as the throughput of pilots to CFS is quite large. There ought to be more than enough captains with a Q qual to not need FIs at all).

Still the source of many QFI quals is likely to dry up in the not too distant future. Then all front line OCUs are going to struggle to fill many 'Q'FI slots at all.
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